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Monday, October 24, 2011
Children in Need, a television spectacular which does raise a lot of money for many good causes.
Without in any way meaning to knock the effort in itself, one thing that struck me when reading the lists of grants earlier was that there were a considerable amount made to minority/immigrant/asylum seeker type causes.
Another cost imposed by mass immigration, met by charity - a hidden cost if you like since it's still draining away money which could have been spent elsewhere, whether that money comes from donations as in the case of Children in Need, or the many services we support via our taxes.
Notice, of course, nothing specific for indigenous children - but, then again, the BBC would probably call any such project racist, discriminatory, not inclusive enough, or decide to tell us that the indigenous did not exist. Only minority can be dealt with separately and given special support after all.
But, just as an eye opener, here is a list of the a few grants awarded in the South West region this year. Information all comes from the BBC, and it's enlightening to see some of the causes our donations are funding.
Swindon West Indian Community Association - £10,636 - This project will provide a Saturday School for African Caribbean and multiple heritage children, to teach core skills in English, maths, arts and music.
Bristol Community fm - £8,702 - This project will enable Asian and Somali young people to produce their own radio programme in order to increase knowledge of other cultures and offer work skills and experience.
Awaz Utaoh Ltd (Bristol) - £11,000 - This project will provide days out, workshops and a festival for disadvantaged young people from ethnic minority backgrounds to broaden their horizons, learn new skills gain and confidence.
Bristol Refugee Rights - £29,676 - This project will run a creche for asylum seekers and refugee children under 4. This safe play space will help reduce distress and improve communication and language skills.
Bristol Muslim Cultural Society - £65,038 - This project will provide an after school club offering maths and English support and activities, and optional classes in Arabic and Citizenship for 4-11 year olds from ethnic minority backgrounds who are struggling at school.
Plymouth & Devon Racial Equality Council - £21,836 - This project will provide support and activities to young people who have suffered racial abuse and bullying. It will reduce racial abuse and improve their confidence and self esteem.
There, just a selection from the South West. We could have mixed in LGBT groups as well to add to the minority interests as well.
If you really want an eye opener, take a look at the London grants. It reads like a list of asylum seeker/ethnic minority interests. Somalians and Bangladeshis seem to do particularly well.
There's too many to total up in the time available, but the grants for London alone which were given to ethnic minority/asylum seeker orientated projects this year must run into the many £millions.
In many ways it's another hidden cost of the immigration explosion - countless charities and projects relying on donations, grants, and not to mention often government money, in order to deal with the multitude of problems and minority interests which mass immigration has created.
Wonder if these costs, borne by charity - which still for the most part equals the British taxpayer whichever way you look at it - are factored in when we're being told the economic benefits of enrichment. One doubts it.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The payment, made via the Foreign Office, will pay to train 23 Bolivians who will take part in events including swimming, judo, and horse riding.
Training will take place at the High Altitude Sports Performance Centre in Bolivia, recently visited by Liberal Democrat Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne.
"The Olympic Games are the best celebration of sport, but at the same time they are a great celebration of the humanity we share. In the UK we hope to win many medals, and also to meet and share experiences with people of different cultures from across the world" said Browne.
His words may well be prophetic, given Londons hugely diverse makeup, coupled with the huge additional influx the Olympics will bring, it's quite possible many will "meet and share experiences with people of different cultures from across the world".
Pockets picked by one nationality, robbed at knifepoint by another, beaten senseless by a third, steamed by a fourth, terrorist threats from a fifth, the list of meetings and shared experiences goes on.
Yes, we're sure that among all the vibrant diversity there will be many less edifying meetings and "experiences with people of different cultures from across the world", and those are just the people from across the world who are already here!
Monday, September 26, 2011
It's fill the blanks time as we look at the story of St Bedes Catholic Grammar School in Heaton, Bradford, which is seemingly facing open warfare between pupils of different religions.
It's a story which has utterly escaped mainstream coverage, and no wonder why when we fill in a few gaps.
Councillor Imdad Hussain (Labour) has warned that conflict between two faiths there must be stopped before it escalates into a full scale gang war. Surely a 'faith war' would be a more appropriate term since it is apparently conflict between two faiths, we ought to call it as it is.
There appear to have been numerous incidents, including a particularly shocking one in which vehicles and school buses were set upon by "Asian" pupils, who threw bricks and caused £600 worth of damage. Terrified pupils ran for safety.
Note the word "Asian", that seems to be a regular catch-all to avoid saying the religion whose name we dare not speak in any negative context these days.
Still, benefit of the doubt, at least until we learn that Councillor Hussain is trying to organise a parent and pupil forum with the intention of "bringing the two faiths together".
Being a Catholic school, a fair assumption may well be that one of the faiths involved is Catholic.
The other? Well, it's "Asian" - the report in the local news doesn't tell us. However, we can make a fair guess, especially given Bradfords huge Muslim population.
We'll happily post an apology and correction if wrong, and if we are we'll buy a lottery ticket at the same time, the odds of us being wrong are comparable to those of winning the jackpot no doubt.
This is our harmonious Britain, a picture postcard of non existent integration where one faith attacks the children of another.
Yet, we seemingly do little. Had the Catholics headed down to the local "Asian" school to pelt them with bricks we would, no doubt about that, but when roles are reversed we just appeal for calm and dialogue, and we seemingly dare not say hate crime or prejudice.
Many of our schools and our streets are a powderkeg waiting to explode, the inevitable result of a naive political ethos which insisted that just by throwing hugely divergent people together some kind of almost mystical harmony and integration would result.
It hasn't, it was never going to, and Britain will pay a terrible price. We haven't seen anything yet, it's going to get a lot worse.
Bradford Telegraph and Argus Story - Here
